Pete became one of the thousands of Nebraskans who died outside of a doctor’s care and did not receive an autopsy last year.

I track down Doug at his home in Petawawa in eastern Ontario. All these years later, he can still recall, in detail, the ...

Nebraska is the only state where lawyers automatically serve as coroners. Under the system, 87% of unattended deaths aren’t autopsied. Some families are left wondering.